Residents of a 40-year-old housing co-operative in Surrey, B.C., are facing the difficult task of finding a new home.
Families in 58 units of the Totem Housing Co-operative are in limbo after the co-op’s lease expired in December 2022.
While previous owners provided residents with a six-month extension, the land was eventually sold to new owners this March, along with the property.
The new owner, a numbered company that can be traced back to Munish Katyal of Surrey, southeast of Vancouver, is now demanding residents pay market value rent for their units — or move out before July 1.
According to notices sent to residents and their lawyers, Katyal — who co-owns the local newspaper, Indo-Canadian Voice —
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